It’s no secret downtown Juneau has become a hangout spot for somewhere between 15 and 30 homeless “chronic inebriates,” but what may be less well known is many community agencies, downtown businesses and the city are coming together to find a solution to this growing concern.

The Juneau Homeless Coalition, which has 25 voting members and about four non-voting members, is working on finding solutions to help this sector get off the streets and better coordinate services.

Dimond Park has seen quite a bit of development in the past few years, and city officials now believe it’s time to update a master plan for the site as space is more limited.

City Engineering Director Rorie Watt gave an update on what’s going on with the site to the City and Borough of Juneau’s Public Works and Facilities Committee on Monday. Watt said city staff from various departments and school district officials held a preliminary meeting recently to discuss the site.

Thunder Mountain High School students will be hosting a hunger banquet on Saturday — and while it sounds counterintuitive on the surface, the event raises funds and food donations along with a hefty dose of education.

The banquet is at 6 p.m. on Saturday at TMHS, $5 or two cans of food to get in the door. Once inside, guests will draw the name of a country — a well-developed country, a middle-class developing country or an under-developed country — and they will eat accordingly.

The Mendenhall Peninsula area of Juneau is one of the remaining neighborhoods in the borough’s service area that doesn’t have sewer service. In rough polling at a public meeting Tuesday night of about 100 people, opinions were divided.

About two-thirds of the people attending the meeting lived in the Fritz Cove area, while 1/3 lived in Engineer’s Cutoff.